Take Back The Street

ethel-baraona: Premio Europeo del Espacio Público...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:28:54 -0400

Premio Europeo del Espacio Público Urbano: Acampada en la Puerta del Sol

Madrid [España] 2011

Demostración masiva de ciudadanos que reclaman la mejora del sistema democrático a través de una acampada temporal en una de las plazas más representativas de Madrid.

Se ha asignado una «categoría especial» a esta intervención por haber sido objeto de la más profunda y prolongada discusión de un jurado dividido a partes iguales. Entre las cuestiones planteadas estuvo la del espacio público entendido como continente físico o como escenario de la expresión cívica y social. Esta intervención también dio pie al debate relativo a la forma de entender los parámetros que atañen a la arquitectura. Puesto que la mitad del jurado se mostró muy a favor de mencionar esta intervención y de subrayar su relevancia en el mundo actual, la «categoría especial» fue acordada por unanimidad, con el fin de reflejar esta opinión.

Fuente: http://www.publicspace.org/es/premio/resultados-para-pdf/2012

Más info: Public Space European Prize 2012

approximatelyeverywhere: A graffiti wall in Zagreb. Shot with a...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:27:38 -0400

approximatelyeverywhere:

A graffiti wall in Zagreb. Shot with a heavy backpack on, walking to bus station to make our break fro the coast.

Jason

frombktobxl: The grass along this stretch of tram tracks has a...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:27:09 -0400

frombktobxl:

The grass along this stretch of tram tracks has a path carved out of it. Presumed thinking: If you’re not provided with a bike lane, make one.

fuckyeahpublicspace: in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong....

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:26:42 -0400

fuckyeahpublicspace:

in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Picture by Arnold Fang

hipsteraquaman: One of the most insidious tenets of capitalism...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:26:22 -0400

hipsteraquaman:

One of the most insidious tenets of capitalism is the idea that all public spaces should be places to do business first and places to be people second.

myloverarlo: Participate in crafting the Grandview-Woodland...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:25:56 -0400

myloverarlo:

Participate in crafting the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan! Follow @gwplan on Twitter. (too bad faith-based community excluded from walking tour…)

fuckyeahpublicspace: micro-urban gardening using a telephone...

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:25:28 -0400

fuckyeahpublicspace:

micro-urban gardening using a telephone pole in San Fransisco. by terrapin_sf

thinkcity: Brussel sprouts in Brussels: Fun public art =...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:43:58 -0400

thinkcity:

Brussel sprouts in Brussels: Fun public art = enhanced public space

spatialutopia: public intervention // improvisationImprov...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:42:50 -0400

spatialutopia:

public intervention // improvisation

Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents.

For their mission “Say Something Nice” they constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read “Say Something Nice.” The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone. The goal was to see what would happen if New Yorkers were given the opportunity to amplify their voices to “say something nice.”

Say Something Nice was produced by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc.

Read more: http://improveverywhere.com

frombktobxl: Little Boxes I’ve been seeing painted boxes around...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:42:29 -0400

frombktobxl:

Little Boxes

I’ve been seeing painted boxes around Brussels like these, and it makes me think - why do standard boxes for municipal purposes like these always have to be drab and dull, metallic and gray? These painted boxes are so much more exciting.

radarqnet: Acampada en la Puerta del Sol Madrid (Spain), 2011...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:41:47 -0400

radarqnet:

Acampada en la Puerta del Sol Madrid (Spain), 2011
PUBLIC SPACE SPECIAL CATEGORY 2012
A large-scale demonstration by citizens demanding improvements in the democratic system by means of a temporary occupation of one of Madrid’s most representative squares.

(…)

Denounced by some as illegal appropriation of urban space and suppressed in the national media, which only mentioned it under pressure from the social networks or the foreign press, the Puerta del Sol occupation disappeared a few weeks after its spontaneous appearance. Cleaning brigades organised by the campers left the pre-existing space as they had found it.

The importance of this surprising evanescent city is still difficult to gauge. Its physical and yet dynamic condition situates it halfway between the robustness of urbs and the contingence of civitas. However, its legacy shows that the public space of European cities continues to be loaded with the political sense that has made it the scene of dissidence for many centuries. This sense has always questioned the premises of law and order currently in force in order to conquer the civil rights we presently enjoy. It would be rash to think that our democracies are not subject to it also.

More: publicspace.org

balavenise: StreetArt, Istanbul, Turkey on Flickr.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:41:14 -0400

balavenise:

StreetArt, Istanbul, Turkey on Flickr.

frombktobxl: People Vs. Grass Park de Bruxelles (I previously...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:40:55 -0400

frombktobxl:

People Vs. Grass

Park de Bruxelles

(I previously posted this image to twitter, but realized it was deserving of a Tumblr spot as well)

approximatelyeverywhere: A graffiti wall in Zagreb. Shot with a...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:39:50 -0400

approximatelyeverywhere:

A graffiti wall in Zagreb. Shot with a heavy backpack on, walking to bus station to make our break fro the coast.

Jason

spatialutopia: // Subtlemobs usually happen in public spaces//...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:39:31 -0400

spatialutopia:

// Subtlemobs usually happen in public spaces
// Imagine walking through a film, but it’s happening on the streets you live in
// This is music composed for those spaces
// This is about trying to make films without cameras
// It’s about integrating with a social or physical space, not taking it over
// The audience listen on headphones, a mix of music, story and instructions
// Sometimes they just watch, sometimes they perform scenes for each other
// A subtlemob is not a flashmob

try to remain invisible …

[by] Duncan Speakman is a Bristol based artist who creates work that physically and emotionally engages audiences in public spaces. He employs walking as both a process and/or outcome in the work. In recent years he has created pre-recorded audio walks, generative GPS-based experiences, live performance using locative media content, and games for public spaces.

Project examples:
As if it were the last time
Our Broken Voice

koreamjournal: What is the legacy of the 1992 L.A....

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:36:20 -0400

koreamjournal:

What is the legacy of the 1992 L.A. riots?
Multi-American

This April 29 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which began after a jury acquitted four L.A. police officers accused of beating Rodney King, a black motorist who was pulled over after a pursuit. Over the next few days, parts of Los Angeles burned in arson fires as Angelenos rioted and businesses were looted. Fifty-three people died in the violence, thousands were injured, and property damage mounted close to $1 billion.

Twenty years later, the riots remain a pivotal point in L.A. history. The Korean American journalist K.W. Lee wrote in 2002 on the ten-year anniversary of the upheaval that it was “America’s first multiethnic urban unrest, signaling a radical departure from the historical white-black paradigm. It exposed the widening ethnic, class and cultural chasms between the inner-city poor and the suburban middle class, immigrants and natives, English speaking and non-English speaking.”

inhabit-my-existence: Banksy - Flower Thrower/Chucker

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:34:39 -0400

inhabit-my-existence:

Banksy - Flower Thrower/Chucker

hillyerartspace: PEACE brought about by PUBLIC ART in and time...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:53:19 -0400

hillyerartspace:

PEACE brought about by PUBLIC ART in and time and place when both are desperately needed.

Friend of Hillyer Art Space, Keith Lane, and Ornamental Foxes has created the project “Public Space: Cairo” to take a stab at that dream of using art to foster understanding.

They’re Kickstarter campaign has just 11 days left to go. If you can, help them out with this project, but if you can’t, just spread the word.

“Working with the renowned Townhouse Gallery in downtown Cairo, this project will center on a month-long intensive series of free workshops focused on process and skill-building. We will work with participants to create a creative PR campaign focused on public art and design, its importance for the community, and what kind of public art local residents would like to see happen.

We’ll be working specifically with the gallery’s outreach program, SAWA, which focuses on community building through free arts education initiatives targeted at Cairo’s refugee communities. SAWA participants come from 24 different countries, and are of all ages, economic backgrounds, and levels of artistic experience. SAWA’s basic goals are to promote dialogue between diverse communities, to foster arts awareness, and to create opportunities for local artists to share their work with others. SAWA’s core mandate is to create a space for people to work cooperatively, and to encourage mutual understanding. The workshop space also creates opportunities for exchange with the rest of the city.”—Ornamental Foxes

publicdesignfestival: A Dialogue with Public Space is a project...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:53:04 -0400

publicdesignfestival:

A Dialogue with Public Space is a project by Robin Howie to engage the inattentive passers-by with London’s public spaces.

leafmag: The High Trestle Bridge in Iowa over the Des Moines...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:52:16 -0400

leafmag:

The High Trestle Bridge in Iowa over the Des Moines River. source